Date: Thu, 25 Feb 1999 10:28:37 -0800 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mike Tancsa <mike@sentex.net> Cc: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au>, hardware@freebsd.org, dg@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Intel PILA 8472 (dual port fxp card ?) Message-ID: <199902251828.KAA01062@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Tue, 23 Feb 1999 21:00:14 EST." <4.1.19990223205726.039c9170@granite.sentex.ca>
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> At 08:20 PM 2/23/99 , Mike Smith wrote: > > > >I'm informed it's not working at this time; you should talk to David > >Greenman (copied) about it to be sure. > > Hmmm.. A shame. Are their any alternatives ? I am in need of building an > ethernet router and was hoping a few dual ported Fast-E cards would help me > get around some hardware limitiations. Would not 2 such a cards > theoretically and practically perform better than 4 individual cards ? Performance is likely to be marginally worse with bridged cards, where "marginally" is on the order of a few percent. You should look at the Cogent (now Adaptec) 4-port cards, which are supported by the 'de' driver, and perhaps also the Phobos 4-port cards (which come with FreeBSD drivers for 2.2 systems) if they're available yet. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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